Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. My post about Japan will follow. China has embraced state capitalism in a way Wall Street can only dream about. Startups, Venture Capital and the Communist Party: how did this happen in China?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital' All the usual caveats apply. It usually doesn’t end well.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. It’s strange to me to think that customers with years of experience would ever listen to twenty-something smarties from great MBA’s who have never worked in your industry before – but that’s a different story. Numbers are important.

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Investment Bankers Mobile Software Review Japan 415

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The venture capital landscape in Asia is varied and complex, as most of the active firms on the continent are concentrated in just a few areas. The region’s other strong VC presence resides in Japan, which has the typical Japanese model of a few large firms dominating the market. Where are all of the VCs in Asia?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

It is better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission After 5 years in Europe I decided I really wanted to work in Japan. But I was struggling to find somebody to bring me to Japan. at least I got to visit Japan! Thus, I began my work and my life in Japan. It was 1999 and I had valuable Internet skills.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. My post about Japan will follow. China has embraced state capitalism in a way Wall Street can only dream about. Startups, Venture Capital and the Communist Party: how did this happen in China?

China 207

China Taiwan Silicon Valley Guam 207

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. China Venture Capital. China has the biggest Venture Capital industry outside the U.S.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

If you wanted to speak with someone in Japan you had to take a flight and send them a wire… 2) Phil Knight focused on the core users of his products (athletes/runners to begin with) and got a co-founder from the industry (his track coach) and that made all the difference. Communication was done via snail mail.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

. “We’ve been seeing at least one post per week on TheFunded concerning mentor compensation”, said Adeo Ressi, the founder of both Founder Institute and TheFunded.com (a site focused on revealing the inside truths of the Venture Capital world). Are There Too Many Stock Exchanges? About & Staff. Privacy Policy.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. China Venture Capital. China has the biggest Venture Capital industry outside the U.S.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2011

I was thrilled that what I did employed 50,000 people and did business in every state but Vermont, with international operations in China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico. The company had been — in my mind anyway — something I did for almost 16 years but not who I was.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. DST invested $180mm last fall.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 9, 2014

Very interestingly, Kickstarter included lots of interesting statistics on these crowdfundings as follows: 5.7 Very interestingly, Kickstarter included lots of interesting statistics on these crowdfundings as follows: 5.7

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Mitsui Ventures is a global venture capital fund based in Japan, providing seed and early stage capital for startups interested in penetrating the lucrative Japanese market.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Mitsui Ventures is a global venture capital fund based in Japan, providing seed and early stage capital for startups interested in penetrating the lucrative Japanese market.

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Lebanon Venture Capital Japan Early Stage 87

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Mitsui Ventures is a global venture capital fund based in Japan, providing seed and early stage capital for startups interested in penetrating the lucrative Japanese market.

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Lebanon Venture Capital Japan Early Stage 68

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Mitsui Ventures is a global venture capital fund based in Japan, providing seed and early stage capital for startups interested in penetrating the lucrative Japanese market.

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Lebanon Venture Capital Japan Early Stage 60

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 1, 2012

Last year on spring break we cancelled a trip to Hawaii (with the McIntyres) because of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Japan. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Josh Lerner: The subtitle summarizes the book nicely - Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed–and What to Do About It.

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Hawaii Japan Government Europe 119

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

日本 (Japan). SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Hunter Walker

APRIL 3, 2014

I then went into venture capital. As a Partner at Khosla Ventures I got to help teams like Climate Corp, Skybox Imaging, Solum, and Pellion build world changing businesses. In the last 3 years, we’ve expanded to partnering with utilities in eight countries, including the UK, Japan, and Australia.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms. In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Part 3, the next post describes the rise of Chinese venture capital. Torch has four major parts: Clusters, Business Incubators, Seed Funding, and Funds to support Venture Capital firms.

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 278

Scalable Startup

APRIL 1, 2013

>> The original idea for me came from seeing people use their cellphones to buy from vending machines in Japan. >> The unknown factor, the challenge to create the future and make something grow from nothing. What sparked the idea for NeoRay? >>

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

Truth: There’s nothing wrong with raising venture capital. Many lean startups are ambitious and are able to deploy large amounts of capital. Truth: There’s nothing wrong with raising venture capital. Many lean startups are ambitious and are able to deploy large amounts of capital.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Part 3, the next post describes the rise of Chinese venture capital. Torch has four major parts: Clusters, Business Incubators, Seed Funding, and Funds to support Venture Capital firms.

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

Example of Early Warning Radar Coverage – Japan in WWII SAC needed intelligence to understand the components of the PVO Strany air defense system in order to shut them down and make them ineffective so our bombers with their nuclear payloads could reach their targets.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

code breaking would grow to 20,000 people working on breaking the codes of Germany, Japan and the Soviet Union. ” Given that ERA’s extraordinary technical work was unknown to anyone other than the NSA, Parker didn’t think he could raise the money via a public offering (venture capital as we know it didn’t exist.)

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

Government funding of research started in World War II driven by the needs of the military for weapon systems to defeat Germany and Japan. government’s role in setting investment policy, venture capital has set the direction for what new industries attract capital. This approach was successful when U.S.

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 16, 2003

I was at the TIE Tri-State annual event in New York yesterday and participated on a venture capital panel helping young companies refine their pitches and business strategies. Who would have guessed years ago that Toyota could make better cars in Japan and ship them to the US to put the auto industry at a competitive disadvantage?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2009

My co-founder, head of business development and I were in Japan raising money. I used it in all presentations and gave it at industry conferences. Are those my initials on the slide? Fast forward nine months.

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Silicon Valley RSS Startup California 149

Growthink Blog

APRIL 6, 2016

This Saturday was a particular delight, as after playing our game, I took my sons and a few of their teammates to watch an exhibition game between a local traveling team and an all-star team from Tokyo, Japan.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it. The problem is that there are no other metrics they can look at to judge the content of a book to know if it’s worth reviewing. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 24, 2016

So I thought to myself how can I help other entrepreneurs through the same issues – I now have the experience, so I wanted to setup a type of incubator/Venture capital arm. Miki is a boy’s nickname in Japan. I was in someone else’s shadow, they were using my patents, my ideas even my manufacturing facility.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 1, 2011

In terms of access to venture capital, Israel was rated 2nd in the world. is acquiring privately-held Taiyo Pharmaceutical Industry, Japan’s third largest generic pharmaceutical company for $460 million. Japan is the second largest pharmaceutical market in the world, valued at $96 billion in 2010.

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Switzerland Japan Technical Review 79

VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

Japan alone tripled its investments in Israeli startups in 2021, reaching $2.9 Out of Israel’s $26 billion raised (approx), 73%, or $18.64 billion, was by foreign investors in 2021. A burst in the global financial markets will certainly have an impact on funding for Israeli startups. This is primarily the case for the US.

Technical Review 158

Technical Review Lock-up Period South Korea 158

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. In the early days of venture capital, when money was scarce, entrepreneurs often gave up control of their company in exchange for their first investment funds. Customer Center.

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